Raspberry Pi – the $25 USB-sized Ubuntu PC

Modern smartphones are often dubbed ‘PC’s in your pocket’ but its the recently unveiled ‘Rasberry Pi’ that can truly make a stake to that claim.

The micro-sized PC, which is targeted at a £15/$25 price point, is made up of:

700MHz ARM11 processor

128MB of RAM

USB 2.0 ports

Card reader

1080p HDMI video out

Ubuntu 9.04

And that’s it! You need to bring your own keyboard, mouse and display. Oh and Wifi dongle, too. But the Raspberry Pi does boast an I/O slot for further expansion – such as with a 12MP camera, demoed on the picture below.

‘Understanding the process of programming’

The BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones was fortunate enough to meet up with the brains behind the scheme, David Braben, for this short interview: –

When is it coming?

The team behind the Raspberry Pi hope that device will be rolled out in “12 months” time. The success of this timeframe hinges on creating a better prototype as well as making sure it can be manufactured at the price point promised.